Canadian Film Weekly (Feb 25, 1942)

Vol. 8, No. 9.

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Army Entertainment Big Task

Ottawa Defines
Board s Power

The Wartime Prices and Trade
Board, under the signature of
chairman Donald Gordon, has is-
sued a statement setting forth the
authority of its appointee, R. C.
McMullen, director of the Theatres
and Film section.

Until now the questions and
matters dealt with by James Stew-
art. head of the Services Adminis-
tration Board, have been handled
with understood authority and ac-
cepted by the trade. The clauses
of the order, several. of which re-
quire elaboration, are reprinted
below:

1. No premises that were not

~~ actually used for the purpose of

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Girard Joins Up

Ray Girard, assistant manager
of the Regent, Sudbury, has taken
a leave of absence from 20th Cen-
tury Theatres to join the Canadian
Active Service Force.

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Projectionists Give

Canadian moving picture pro-
jectionists allied with the IATSA
have waived all overtime and ex-
tra time caused by showings of
special Victory Loan bills or trai-
lers and shorts on the regular
program.

Tax 16 mm. Films

The Copvright. Appeal Board
has granted the Canadian Perform-
ing Right Society permission to
tax all positive prints of 16 mm.
films used commercially in Canada
at the rate of one dollar per print.
Fees are payable’ within 10 days of
importation in the case of im-
ported films and distribution where

e films are produced here. The

has annual application.
e Society had asked the right
impose a $20 semi-annual fee

per machine. The rule was made

instead.

H. O. PAINTER HANDLES

REPUBLIC EXCLUSIVELY

Military Centres

Provide No. 2

Dominion Exhibition Cireuit

The entertainment of Canadian soldiers through motion
pictures has become, from a modest beginning, a major thea-
trical enterprise requiring expert attention. The army cinema
circuit is the second largest in Canada today and it is serviced

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The Laugh That
Might Have Been

The buildup given “Captain
of the Clouds” by Warners is
a classic example of news and
publicity inseparably inter-
woven. Because news is con-
trolled today those divisions of
the Fourth Estate have over-
lapped and dovetailed oftener
than ever before. Public Rela-
tions men and their scorned
brethren, press agents, have
won a new respect for their
service in behalf of public in-
formation.

But every press agent has
a cute gag that’s closest to
his heart. That’s why the
Canadian office of Warners is
dreaming sadly of what might
have been a prize laugh.

A member of staff sought
framtically and vainly to find
a German homing pigeon.
They wanted to release it from
the roof of Shea’s, Toronto,
the night ‘Captain of the
Clouds” opened with a fan-
fare. With a band containing
this message:

“Dear Adolph:

“The Captains of the Clouds
are here tonight. They'll be
seeing’ you soon.”

Stephenson Rests

Charlie Stephenson, manager of
the Century, Kitchener, was grant-
ed a leave of absence for two
months by ‘Twentieth Century

| Theatres. Charlie was operated on
@ while back and needs recupera-
tion.

distribution channels.

Great Britain also main-
tains a vast entertainment or-
ganization, though theatre re-
laxation there is made up
mainly of live shows. Diversion
under fire is a much more difficult
task but the British seem to have
mastered it in splendid fashion.

Entertainment in Canadian
army camps is made up of mo-
tion picture showings. The only
break in this policy occurs when
service organizations send in a
variety bill, or stars of the stage,
screen and sporting worlds make
personal appearances. These are
confined to the larger centres.

Canadian soldiers are luckier in
matters of entertainment than
those of England and the United
States. The English and American
lads must pay. to see movies but

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Douglas Cooper
Dead in Toronto

Douglas Cooper, veteran mem-
ber of the motion picture industry,
died in Toronto on February 16th
following a lengthy illness. Mr.
Cooper was an honorary’ member
of the Canadian Motion: Picture
Pioneers, having ‘been one of this
country’s. earliest film executives.

He was the first general man-
ager of the General Film Com-
pany, which was an outgrowth of
the Klein Optical Company, and
brought into Canada films produc-
ed by such old-time studios as
Vitagraph, Essanay, Lubin and
Biograph (of which Mary Pick-

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Grand, Sudbury,
Robbed

The Grand theatre, Sudbury, a
20th Century Theatres house, was
robbed on Monday, January 16th.

Thieves got in after the Sunday
midnight show and got away. with
the receipts of Saturday as well as
Sunday midnight.

Max Phillips is the manager.

Canada and USA to Use Same
War Shorts, Says John Grierson

The United States and Canada
will be using the same films on
civilian defence, industry mobili-
zation and so on, John Grierson,
Dominion Film Commissioner, re-
vealed in an address to the Cana-
dian Club in Toronto.

Documentary films, which Mr.
Grierson termed “facts on a band-
wagon,” are now being turned out
by the National Film Board at the
rate of three each month. Accord-
ing to the Commissioner, these
have been so well received by

He commented on the reception
in the United States to NFB’s
timely short, “War Clouds in the
Pacific.” American exhibitors re-
cognized its interest and it got
a Broadway showing. “One week
later,” said Mr. Grierson, “came
Pearl Harbour. That picture was
certainly prophetic.”

The Commissioner paid tribute
to the co-operation of the Cana-
dian film industry. The film, he
pointed out, has a special job at
the moment outside of instruction.
“For 20 years the democracies

movie patrons across the line that: have been subjected to false teach-

United Artists signed a contract
calling for the delivery of one each
month.

ing. Our education ran to blather-
ings about ease and luxury and
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H. O. Painter, Toronto Branch Manager for Empire-Universal, has become Canadian
Sales Manager of Republic and will concentrate on the sale of that product exclusively.
Harry Law, formerly of Vitagraph, has joined Republic.

Vol. 8, No. 9. Feb. 25th, 1942

Ugetly, HYE BOSSIN, Managing Editor

Address all communications to—The Managing Editor,
Canadian Film Weekly, 21 Dundas Square, Toronto, Canada.

Published by Film Publications_of Canada, Ltd., Sth Floor, 21 Dundas Square,
Toronto, Ont., Canada. Phone ADelaide 4310. Price 5 cents each or $2.00 per year.

Very, Very True

We are pleased to reprint a recent editorial by W. R. Wil-
kerson, editor of an American contemporary, the Hollywood
Reporter. It won considerable admiration in the Canadian
trade. Raoul Auerbach of 20th Century Theatres sent a copy
to all managers and other executives associated with him. The
editorial follows:

“Paradoxical though it may sound, one of the main factors
in the waging of a winning war is entertainment—entertain-
ment of the civilian population and entertainment of the fight-
ing forces. People deprived of entertainment become depressed,
and depressed people lose efficiency and the firm belief in final
victory. President Roosevelt is cognizant of this factor, as is
every governmental and Army and Navy official. That is why
they all regard Hollywood not only a necessary industry, but a
vital one, as important as any other branch in the conduct of
this war.

“Just what entertainment means to a warring people was
related by Quent Reynolds, who has spent the past two years
in London under fire. Last August, when the battered and weary
British people, faced with the uncertainties of the United States
aid, the reverses at Crete and in the Mediterranean theatre,
were on the verge of forgetting “thumbs up,” Bob Hope came
to London in “Caught in the Draft.” Newspaper editors wrote
leaders, Londoners thronged to see the picture by the many
thousands. And they all came out laughing. And that laughter
spread optimism. Soon, Reynolds reports, the spirit of Great
Britain was on the upgrade, the will to win as strong and fer-
vent as before. History will not record this event in all probabi-
lity, but that laughter engendered by the Hope picture, and
other comedies that continue to be shown in Great Britain’s
theatres, is doing more to keep intact the Britisher’s dogged
desire to fight until Hitler is defeated than any exhortation on
the part of their leaders. Great Britain regards entertainment as
a wartime necessity. Washington, too, has so indicated.”

Canadian Echo

Now to bring the subject closer to home. Read what the
Welland-Port Colborne Evening Tribune has to say along the
same lines:

“This week one of the Welland theatres is presenting an
all-comedy program to its patrons. It was well timed, perhaps
better than the management expected when the pictures were
booked, which must have been some little time ago.

“It happens that the people of the Welland district have
just come through one of the most strenuous election campaigns
in the history of this riding. Arguments pro and con have been
something of a strain upon the public. In some cases tempers
have been a little frayed.

“At the psychological moment comes an all-comedy pro-
gram for a whole week in one of the most popular forms of
entertainment yet devised. People can “go to the movies” and
forget their differences and relax. There is nothing better than a
good laugh to restore equilibrium after the emotions have been

stirred.

“The moving picture industry makes a great contribution to
the happiness of the people. The care that it takes to provide
good entertainment and for the comfort of its patrons is not
always fully appreciated. The British people are noted for their
capacity to enjoy humor even under difficult circumstances. A
full bill of comedy for a whole week is a good tonic for any
community.”

Canadian FILM WEEKLY

February 26th, 1942

Ottawa Defines {Douglas Cooper

Board s Power

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public exhibition of moving pic-
tures for profit on January 31, 19-
42, shall hereafter be wsed for
such purpose except with the writ-
ten authorization of the Adminis-
trator of Services.

2. The Administrator of Services
shall have power from time to
time

(a) to prescribe the terms and
conditions under which moving
pictures films may be sold, rented,
offered for sale or for rent, or
supplied, and to prohibit any
transactions except in accordance
therewith;

(b) to require any person own-
ing or having possession, control
or power to dispose of any mov-
ing picture film to deal with, dis-
pose of, rent or supply it to such
person or persons, at such time or
times, in such manner and on such
terms and conditions as the Ad-
ministrator of Services may pres-
‘cribe;

(c) to fix the specific or maxi-
mum price or rate at which any
moving picture film may be exhib-
ited, rented, sold, offered for sale
or for rent, or supplied, and to
prohibit any exhibition, purchase,
sale, rental or supply at any price
or rate at variance with the price
or rate so fixed.

3. This Order shall be effective
on and after the 12th day of Feb-
ruary, 1942.

No. 1 would seem to affect some
150 theatres in outlying regions
throughout the Dominion which
close in the Fall and open in early
Summer because of deep snow and
unfavorable weather. They have
thus been closed on January 3ist,
the date stipulated in the order.
Their position is understood and
will be allowed for. Several thea-
tres, now nearing completion in
various parts of the country, are
affected also by the date but there
is little doubt of adjustment be-
ing made.

Canada, USA Use
Same War Shorts -

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brotherhood of mankind—and that
everything could be settled about
the conference table.”

These misconceptions must be
dissipated and the real needs of
the moment brought before the
people, he declared.

‘Tt’s a different kind of propa-
ganda than in the last war. We
are dealing with a total war in
which every perspective of the
world is involved. The people of
the world crave to participate in
this war and they want to know
what is going on and where they
can do their bit.”

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Dead in Toronto

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ford was then the bright young
star).

Later when some of these com-
panies broke away to organize
their own distributing organiza-
tions, Cooper became associated
with a company known as “Super-
Features,’’ which brought the film
version of the famous Drury Lane
melodrama, ‘The Whip,” to Tor-
onto.

Cooper’s most famous booking,
however, was as a member of the
Exhibitors’ Distributing Corpora-
tion, which had its offices above
the old Rialto Theatre at Shuter
and Yonge Streets. For this com-
pany he brought the Mabel Nor-
man picture, ‘“Mickey,” to Canada
for its sensational all-summer run
at the old Grand Opera House.

Goldwyn Readies Two

Samuel Goldwyn expects to.
have two pictures in the market in
quick succession this spring, with
the two remaining pictures on his
current year’s “definite” schedule
due to be on the nation’s screens
by early fall. At the moment, he
has signed no release contracts to
cover their distribution.

“Pride of the Yankees” will be
ready for distribution soon after
the opening of the baseball season
in April. His British-made “The
First of the Few,” which Leslie
Howard directed and in which he
is starred, reaches the screen first.
It is completed and ready for re-
lease.

On the heels of “Yankees,”
Goldwyn plans to put ‘Treasure
Chest,’”’ Bob Hope opus, into work,
and “Swing Shift,” comedy with
music, a week or two later, both
pictures to be ready for Fall re-
lease.

Not on the Bill

Patrons who went to Barnwell
Theatre on a recent night in
search of stark, grim screen drama
got it—in real life.

Midway of the film “You Belong
to Me,” Earl Moore, 24, stood up.
His head blocked the camera light
and threw a silhouette on the
screen. He shouted a few passion-
ate words of despair at the au-
dience and then fired a pistol bul-
let into his brain.

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ITASA Issues
Salvage Plan

The ITASA, which organization
governs moving picture projec-
tionists, has developed 10 points
whereby the man in the booth
can do his share by being clean,
careful and thrifty.

A copy of the instructions is
being distributed in printed form
to be hung wherever projectionists,
maintenance men and stagehands
are working.

ITASA executives conferred
with an industry sub-committee on
conservation and the plan result-
ed. Canadian locals wll distribute
the ten points to their own mem-
berships.

Following are the instructions:

1—Keep your projection rooms
and equipment clean. Dirt causes
wear and tear.

2—Lubricate properly all equip-
ment. Follow the manufacturer’s
instructions.

3—Make ONLY necessary re-
placements to conserve’ spare
parts.

4—Burn carbons at minimum
current specified by the manufac-
turer. Use carbon savers where
available.

5—Clean lenses of optical sys-
tems with soft tissue and protect
condensers and reflectors.

6—Service regularly all electric
current distribution points, such
as: motors, generators, bus bars,
fuses, switches, resistors and con-
densers.

7—Allow sufficient warming-up
period for all vacuum tubes. Burn
tubes. at specified ratings of
equipment manufacturers.

8—Inspect, thread and rewind
film very carefully—keep it clean.

9—Handle reel and film con-
tainers with care—these cannot be
replaced.

10—DO NOT THROW ANY-
THING AWAY.

KEEP all wom-out parts and
metal coated carbon stubs; collect
copper and other carbon drippings.
Keep all burned-out or broken
vacuum tubes and incandescent
lamps. You will receive instruc-
tions as to the proper disposal of
this salvaged material.

Goofy to Stardom

Goofy is slated to appear in a
special series of shorts subjects
based on “How to do It!”

Long a favorite for his support-
ing roles in Disney’s films, this
simple, homespun character with
his naive buck-toothed face, now
steps out by himself as a ranking
Disney star.

The Goofy series now under way
in Hollywood will feature popular
sports as the running theme.
Goofy first appeared on the Disney
roster in 1932. RKO Radio will
release the series.

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Sentimental Cases

Charlie Stephenson, ye olde timer, stopped in the office for
a quick kibitz the other day. A few minutes later Syd Taube,
another film trade antiquarian, stuck his nose in to pay his dis-
respects. After a period of affectionate abuse and harking back,
which is the conversational custom of filmdom’s veterans, they
began cutting up their recent sojourns in the hospital.

Charlie had a doctor who was quite a gagster and the bane
of the girls in white. They solicited the old showman’s help to
put the medico in his place. Charlie blew up a balloon, placed
it under his pajama top, pulled the cover over and called the
doctor.

“Look at that!” he screamed, pointing at the swelling. “You
must have forgotten something inside of me. My stomach is up
like a balloon!”

The frightened doctor pulled the screen around the bed and
bent to his task just as Charlie stuck a pin in the balloon and
burst it in his face. While the nurses howled.

Upon hearing this tale Mr. Taube immediately condemned
Mr. Stephenson’s veracity.

“Now,” he said. “‘I’ll tell you something that really happened.”

Syd went on to say that during his stay in the hospital a
nurse came in to rub his back. “So I said to her, ll tell you
what Ill do. Vl let you rub my back—if you let me rub yours.”
That’s what Syd says he said.

Mr. Stephenson was not amused at this. With a straight
face he asked: “And did she?” Mr. Taube said no.

“Huh!” pooh-pooh’d Charlie, ‘You didn’t have much fun in

your hospital!”
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Minstrel

That chocolate-colored imp who enlivened film offices the
other day was 13-year-old Eddie Oliver.

Eddie drops in, does a few choice tap steps, and assesses the
watchers a nickel each. I had a chat with him in which I
learned that he sees out of one eye. His ultra-thick glasses
made me ask. He’s one of 13 children. His father taught him
to dance and hum his accompaniment.

He starts out after school and keeps going until 7.30.
better than selling newspapers,” he said.

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Stamping Oui Hitler

A number of people around town have a good war efforts
idea in action. It conSists of collecting used stamps of every
kind. The stamps have a dye which can be reclaimed and the
proceeds support a hospital in England. There’s a great amount
of mail in the film belt and it would be nice if somebody organ-
ized such a collection around here ... The Alec Starkman stag
was quite an hooray, with 23 entertainers on hand from a local
theatre to enliven things. Alec, a projectionist whose late father
was well-known in the local theatre field, is marrying the sister
of Dave Seigal, also a projectionist ... Saw Abe Sprachman, the
theatre architect, at the Old-Time Newsboys banquet. Incidental-
ly, Kaplan & Sprachman’s latest job was the new Cinema theatre,
a top-flight effort.

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Honest Dave

A credit to the business is Dave Murray, caretaker of the Ace
theatre, Queen street. A lady patron lost her purse in the
theatre, which contained a $25 War Savings Certificate, about
$40 in cash and considerable jewelery. The lady took the loss
hard and a careful search of the theatre failed to reveal it.
Patron and management had reconciled themselves to its loss.

The next morning manager Murray Sasloff found it on his
desk—where the eagle-eyed and honest Dave had placed it after
discovery.

The lady, not having slept all night, rushed right down and
retrieved it joyfully. She was effusive in her thanks.

P.S. She forgot to leave a reward. But she'll probably think
of it later. ‘So what?” asks Dave. “TI only did my duty.”

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Writers Dedicate
Kipling Plaque

The League of Vermont Writers
has announced that it will dedicate
a bronze plague honoring the me-
mory of Rudyard Kipling in the
State Library at Montpelier, Ver-
mont, on Saturday, February 28.
Officiating at the ceremonies will
be Governor William H. Wills,
Leon W. Dean, president of the
league, a number of other state
officials, and the East-Indian boy-
actor, Sabu, who has just com-
pleted the role of Mowgli in the
motion picture of “Jungle Book,”
written by Kipling in Vermont.

Now on a nation-wide defense
stamp-selling tour under the aus-
pices of the United States Trea-
sury Department, Sabu’s itinerary
has been so planned as to bring
him to Montpelier on the day of
the dedication.

The bronze tablet to be affixed
to a wall of the State Library
Building, is inscribed as follows:

This plaque has been affixed
in honor of Rudyard Kipling,
who resided in the state of
Vermont from 1892 to 1896.
Here he wrote the Jungle
Books, The Day’s Work, The
Seven Seas and Captains
Courageous.

League of Vermont Writers

February, 1942.

The picturesque Kipling home,
called ‘“‘Naulahka,” which is now
privately owned, is in the town of
Dummerston, Vt., mear Brattle-
boro. The house was built by Kip-
ling who was delighted with Ver-
mont and who, perhaps, would
have remained a resident but for
certain untoward circumstances
which arose. The famed author be-
came interested in Vermont after
his marriage in London to a
Brattleboro woman, Carolyn Ba-
lestier.

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WOMAN OF THE YEAR

The studio turned up a new and solid combination in Spencer
Tracy and Katherine Hepburn. The story is a variation of the
marriage vs. career routine but playing and direction take it
into the top-grade entertainment field. Hepburn is much more
human and seems to have lost most of the two-tone inflections
that have irked anti-Hepburnites on past celluloid occasions.

Tracey dominates through most of the footage as the hard-
bitten newspaperman who would rather have a home than a
salon and in the end has his way. Hepburn is more fetching and
capable than ever before. The piece is splendidly dressed up and
holds up all the way. The entertainment value lasts from the
credits to the fadeout.

Best of all, it contains consistent laughter which arises nat-
urally from the personality of the players and their situations
instead of by the introduction of special characters to inject it.

Among the players are Fay Bainter, Minor Watson, Reginald
Owen, Ludwig Stossel and Roscoe Karns.

Paramount

FLY BY NIGHT

A jerky plot about a young doctor framed by spies as the
murderer of an assistant-inventor of a new weapon. The spies
work out of a madhouse. A girl who helps him escape marries
him under pressure of circumstances. There are a number of re-
deeming features which make it exciting in spots.

Richard Carlson is the wronged medico. With Nancy Kelly,
Albert Basserman, Miles Mander, Walter Kingsford and Clem

FILM WEEKLY

February 25th, 1942

Empire-Universal

|ROAD AGENT

A mildly musical western, second of a series, with plenty of
shooting, some sweetheart stuff and a hurrisome pace. An okay
job.

Story is of a pseudo-stickup trio who bring in the real ban-
dits. The threesome comprises Dick Foran, Andy Devine and
Leo Carrillo. Ann Gwynne is the gal and Samuel S. Hinds is the
Wells Fargo man.

THE WOLF MAN

A scarer of the Dracula ilk. It is well-geared and well-
manned. Claude Rains, Warren William, Ralph Bellamy, Patric
Knowles, Bela Lugosi, Maria Ouspenskaya, Evelyn Ankers, J.
M. Kerrigan, Fay Helm, Forrester Harvey and Lon Chaney, Jr.,
are a choice cast for any B and they serve the demands of the
smooth plot expertly. The photography falls in exactly with the
character of the tale.

Chaney is the heir to the ancient and werewolf-ridden castle
Wiio becomes one when bitten, killing and being killed.

Fox

BLUE, WHITE AND PERFECT

Michael Shayne, detective, again breaks his promise to
blow off the sleuth racket and uncovers a spy ring stealing
industrial diamonds. The gal who gets the broken promise on
schedule from Lloyd Nolan is Mary Beth Hughes. Nice cast helps

Bevans,

make it a timely and interesting little drama.

W. J. Long Explains
Resignation from Odeon

The following letter has been
received from W. J. Long offering
an explanation of his much-dis-
cussed resignation from Odeon
Theatres of Canada. It is reprint-
ed verbatim:

Vancouver, B. C.
February 16, 1942.

The Editor,
Dear Sir:

So that you will have the facts
accurately, I am forwarding the
following ,information to you dir-
ect.

I resigned as Manager and Pres-
ident of the Vogue Theatre as well
as resigning as President of sev-
enteen out of the approximately
21 theatres of the Odeon Chain in
British Columbia.

I was instrumental in securing
the financial backing of the Reifel
interests of this City in the con-
struction of the Vogue Theatre,
No expense was spared to make it
one of the finest theatres in the
Dominion of Canada. The equip-
ment was the finest that could be
bought and the final result was a
theatre that was the best that
money could produce.

This theatre was to be operated
by myself as an indepednent ven-
ture. When N. L. Nathanson ad-

vised me during the Fall of 1940
that he was going to sever his
connection with Famous Players
and organize a new chain of thea-
cres, he advised me that he desired
cto have the Vogue Theatre as the
ace house in the British Columbia
chain. In view of the exceptional
picture that he painted regarding
the future of this new chain, I de-
cided to persuade the Reifel inter-
ests to lease the Vogue Theatre
to the new organization.

Subsequently Mr. O. R. Hanson
and Mr. Paul Nathanson visited
Vancouver during the month of
February, 1941, and closed the
deal for a ten-year lease on the
Vogue. Mr. Hanson was a tower
of strength in the negotiations as
the Reifel interests were not fav-
orably disposed toward making a
deal. It was only due to the fact
that Odeon agreed to the payment
of a large rental that the deal was
finally consummated.

It is more or less widely known
M Vancouver that I personally
have been very dissatisfied and
keenly disappointed at the way
matters have developed. Last Aug-
ust I made a trip to Toronto for
the purpose of seeing Mr. Nathan-
son and Mr. Hanson, and desired
at that time to sever my connec-

tion with the Company. Mr. Nath-
anson persuaded me to return to
Vancouver and continue with the
Company.

When Mr. Masters was appoint-
ed General Manager of the Com-
pany I interviewed him last De-
cember and told him of certain ar-
rangements that were made with
me but never carried out. As a re-
sult of this interview with Mr.
Masters I told him that I would
carry on for approximately ten
weeks, and at the end of that time
I would give him my decision as to
whether I desired to continue or
not. At the end of this period I ad-
vised Mr. Masters that I desired
to resign and the resignation be-
came effective on February 12th.

I wish it made clear that I have
nothing but the kindliest feelings
for Mr. Masters and all those with
whom I have had dealings. I wish
particularly to extend to Mr. Os-
car Hanson my sincerest - thanks
for his kind co-operation and sin-
cere effort to advise me on all oc-
casions when this advice was
sought.

Thanking you for your past co-
operation, I am, ;
Yours very truly,
W. J. LONG.

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Glamor of uniforms for young-
sters is being capitalized by War-
ner Bros. in exploitation of ‘‘Cap-
tains of the Clouds.” The company
is sending 200,000 dark blue over-
seas caps modeled after Canadian
air force uniform to exchanges for
exhibitor distribution. Cap carries
“Captains of the Clouds” imprint.

Hays Group to Meet

The annual meeting of the Mo-
tion Picture Producers and Dis-
tributors Association has been set
for March 30th. Will Hays will
preside.

Hope Wins Radio Poll

Bob Hope, Paramount star, won
the 11th annual radio poll of the
New York World-Telegram, oust-
ing Jack Benny from the top spot
after eight years. Hope was second
last year.

Dinah Shore won the award as
the most popular of feminine song-
sters.

Doug Churchill Buried

Douglas Churchill, Hollywood
correspondent for the New York
Times and a screen critic since
1932, was buried in Los Angeles,
He was born there.

Churchill, who was 42, died in
Phoenix, Arizona, after an illness
of over a year.

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February 25th, 1942

Discs Help
Showmanship

Leslie Campbell, Manager,
Strand Theatre, Trail, B.C., is us-
}ing good showmanship in present-
ing his “Box Office Headlines”
broadcast over CJAT, Trail, on
Sundays at 8.15 P.M.

After using MGM gratis air
trailer recordings to plug the par-
ticular pictures on which they are
issued, Mr. Campbell keeps them
on file to use on later programs.
He announces them as examples
of pictures radio listeners have
already enjoyed at the Strand and
representative of the type of pic-
tures being regularly shown at
the theatre.

Mr. Campbell states use of the
discs is saving the theatre about
$3.00 weekly and enables him to
present the best stars on the
screen to radio listeners in Trail
in vicinity.

The program on “Flight Com-
mand” is typical of those being
used by Mr. Campbell and may be
of interest to other Canadian
theatre managers. The training of
Empire flyers in Canada is men-
tioned in the continuity, although
“Flight Command” is a story of
U.S. flyers. That’s another exam-
ple of good showmanship on the
job.

Dewey Bloom, MGM’s aCnadian
promotion representative, states
the MGM air trailers are being
used by 44 Canadian radio sta-
tions, and are available gratis to
theatre managers who wish to use
them regularly on local radio sta-
tions. This is just one of 56 differ-
ent promotion services available
to MGM exhibitors gratis or at the
cost of a few admission tickets.

Hale an Industrialist

Alan Hale is the only actor per-
sonally affected by Government
priorities. He is a manufacturer
of fire extinguishers and theatre
seats.

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Johnny Canuck, due to the kind-
aeSS OF service organizations and
wie lim excnanges, sees them free.
ud act no Cust to the government.

meeping tne soldiers from bore-
uom via motion pictures is a
alugn-class job of organization in
Canada wnich, because the de-
Inand 1S contunually increasing, re-
yulres constant attention. }k’rom
vol. John A. Cooper, chosen by
tne Auxiliary Services of the De-
pactment ot National Defence as
x1onorary Secretary, it was learn-
ed that the number of situations
in December was 238, as against
219 in October.

Camp showings began shortly
after tne outbreak of the war ana
the 40 to 50 situations grew to the
number mentioned above. The totai
number of days on which pictures
are shown, 668 in October, jumped
to 713. Towns being served now
are 129, four more than in the
past and programs have shown a
comparative increase. Even New-
foundiand gets movies, the num-
per being nine every three weeks.

The credit for this great work
is due four Canadian _ service
bodies, Camadian Legion War Ser-
vices, Knights of Columbus Army
Huts, Salvation Army War Ser-
vices and YMCA War Services.
Each organization sends its repre-
sentatives to a committee of
which N. L. Nathanson is Honor-
ary Chairman. Col. E. A. Deacon,
Director of Auxiliary Services for
Ottawa, works in conjunction with
the committee, the records of
which are.kept by Col. John A.
Cooper.

The service organizations de-
fray all expenses for film and pro-
jection equipment. Film exchanges
charge a nominal rental for pro-
duct, which is mainly 16 mm. Des-
pite being opposed to the commer-
cial showings of 16 mm. pictures,
Hollywood was quick to cooperate.
Certain studios which made no 16
mm.’s at all began making prints
at the request of the committee.
Those studios turning out the
smaller prints had a rule that they
must not be shown for two years
after the regular runs and this
was cut by a year to give the sol-
diers a chance to see later pro-
ductions.

The Canadian Performing Right
Society, which represents Ascap in
Canada, has waived all fees for
showings in army camps.

Earlier reports showed that last
year a total of 354 prints was dis-
tributed and that the number of
playing days in Canada and New-
foundland was 30,160. This gives
some idea of the committee’s
work.

The committee was organized

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7Ex-Juve Stars

Make Good

-It probably is just about an

even bet that a prominent child
star will succeed in films later in

when the work increased in such | }j¢e,

proportion as to present a difficult
proplem. The then head of Auxil-
sary Services,
soster, asked the assistance of
various citizens and organizations.
Lhe Department of National De-
fence appointed Mr. Nathanson
and Col. Cooper to the leading ex-
ecutive posts.

Great Britain

Under wartime pressure Great
Britain has developed the greatest
cheatrical venture in history under
single auspices. “The Road” is no
songer dead. It took the war to
cevive it to a degree exceeding
anything in the past.

The origin of the revival of the
stage to share audience interest
with the movies in Great Britain
is ENSA—the abbreviation for
ztntertainment National ‘Service
Association. This organization
curns out shows like an assembly
1ine and keeps them routed ex-
pertly.

ENSA also sponsors’ radio
broadcasts and movies—though it
does not produce the latter. The
motion picture end of ENSA is
cesponsible for more than 45,000
shows to date. This in itself is a
vast job, requiring an army of
operators and a long list of halls
and equipment.

Since 1939 more than 100 sep-
arate troupes of entertainers have
been working steadily, putting on
shows anywhere in the world
where Empire troops can be found
and in any place that has the
room, from a shed to the deck of
a battleship. -

ENSA employs 1,600 actors who
zover 136,000 miles every week in
every manner of conveyance. More
than 50,000,000 persons have seen
an estimated 100,000 performances
since it started. Britain has been
divided into 25 theatrical zones by
its traffic department and each
company covers an area before it
switches with another.

To make things more facile
ENSA executives have standard-
ized equipment wherever possible.

Accommodation for the actors
is one of its greatest problems
and this seems well in hand. ENSA
has established 22 hostels and
1,332 billets.

Players receive a minimum
wage. ENSA shows are not gratis.
Service men pay to see them and,
like civilians, if they don't like a
show they stay away. Good units
carry on for from six to eight
months but bad ones, like turkeys
everywhere, fold up quickly.

ENSA shows, depending on pat-
ronage-for financial support, must
be good or else.

aa | notchers
- |
ingore see: | Among -those who play minor
|parts as children, the odds are

| much shorter.

This includes the really top-
among the children.

As a result of more careful
training and handling, it is pos-
sible that child stars today have a
slightly better chance of sticking
than they did a few years ago.

Nevertheless, public taste and
Hollywood’s often strange ways of
doing business make the future
uncertain for any youngster. Or
grown-up, either, for that matter.

Here are some of the young-
sters who have made a go of it
after growing out of child roles:

‘ Marjorie Reynolds, Jackie Coop-
er, Bonita Granville, Johnny
Downs, Shirley Temple, Jackie
Searle, Mickey Rooney, Anne Shir-
ley, Nancy Kelley, Virginia Weid-
ler, Freddie Bartholomew and Ed-
die Bracken.

And here are some others,
equally prominent at one time:

Jackie Coogan, Robert Soogan,
Peggy Montgomery, Wesley Bar-
ry, Jane and Catherine Lee, Dav-
ey (Sonny Boy) Lee, Baby Peggy,
Baby LeRoy, Terry Kilburn, Mary
Kornman, Joe Cobb, Farina and
Sunshine Sammy.

The current crop of youngsters
include Carolyn Lee, who has the
best part of her life in “Mrs.
Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch”;
Roddy MacDowell, who scored a
hit in ‘How Green Was My Val-
ley”; Patsy Nash of “I Live on
Danger,” and youngsters like Lar-
ry Simms, Baby Sandy, Joan Car-
roll, Gloria Jean, Darryl Hickman,
Scotty Beckett, Bobs Watson and
Juanita Quigley.

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Sl Siltonal Kili Board and You

February 25th, 1942

RELATIONSHIP OF NFB TO THE INDUSTRY

pee first and main plank in the

film policy of the Canadian
Government is a very simple one.
We take the Film Industry as it
is. We don’t try, because there is
& war on, to build some other kind
of Film Industry. We take it the
way it is: as a showmen’s indus-
try dedicated to showmanship and
commanding the attention of a
Canadian audience of two and a
half million people who happen to
be interested in and happen to
need showmanship.

Of course there are other ways
of looking at it. One might say
with the poets: Absent thee from
felicity a while and life is real,
life is earnest; and one could start
with Orders-in-Council and execu-
tive orders to butt into the busi-
ness and turn the whole thing
into a _ state-driven propaganda
machine. In fact, there was one
government since the war broke
out—I won’t mention its name —
which had a momentary brain
storm and thought that way and
declared all screen time belonged
to the nation. Of course, in time
of war, everything belongs to the
nation and to the common effort,
but that wasn’t just the wise way
to say it. Nor was it necessary to
say it at all.

Our viewpoint in Canada has
been different and for the follow-
ing reasons. We believe that the
strength of the Film Industry lies
precisely in the fact that it is
an entertainment industry. What
is most valuable to the State in
time of war, as in time of peace,
is that it command a vast audience
who go genuinely and spontane-
ously for the emotional stimulus
which the movies give them. ‘That

is the very audience we want to’

address. That is the very mood in
which we want to find them.
Therefore, so far from disturbing
the expectation of
stimulus, we want to preserve it.

The very last thing we want to

do is to drive our audience out
of the theatres. It would be a poor
State Public Relations Service
which killed the audience it want-
ed to reach.
* * %

Te first result of this policy is

that we have from the first
sought the co-operation of the Film
Industry in Canada. I may say
that, at the outset of the war, the
Industry, like any other good citi-
zen, informed the Government
that its power and strength were
fully at the disposition of the
State. That offer was made unani-
mously; and I know that offer was
made earnestly and with a full
sense of responsibility. We replied
in effect: We thank you very
much and there is a good deal of
specific co-operation which the

_emotional

The National Film Board of Canada, headed by John
Grierson, is today more than a national phenomenon. In
all the world it is the most highly regarded of non-private
film organizations. Its short subjects have won world-wide
distribution and acclaim from distributor and patron
alike. Canadians, whether in the film business or not,
should become better acquainted with the aims and objects
of the NFB, lest its fame abroad exceeds its appreciation

at home.

As expressed by Mr. Grierson, the Government’s inten-
tion is to present entertainment and education—at a profit,

it hopes.
point doesn’t remove from
business is the same as any

That the product bears the government’s view-

the fact that the NFB in
other distributor. The NFB

admits that and asks no preference except in special cases.

cases.

Several months ago John Grierson, in an address to
the National Board of Review in New York City, spoke on
“The Relations of the Government to the Film Industry in

Time of War.”

Because it dealt largely with Canada, the

American film trade press, finding it of minor interest,

gave it scant coverage.
esting and important. This
chief phases of his address.

Mr. Grierson’s ideas are inter-

article is made up of the

We intend to extend our report on Mr. Grierson and

the NFB in future issues.

Film Industry can give. It will be
sought and it will be sought in
specific terms. But we also let it
be understood that we did not wish
to disturb the essential workings
of the Industry as an instrument
of entertainment. In fact we pledg-
ed ourselves that whatever we
might ask the theatres to carry in
the way of public information
would have to measure up to the
normal standards of interest, en-
tertainment and emotional stimu-
lus, or we would ourselves be the
first to jerk it. We have kept that
pledge and the Industry has kept
its pledge; and we recently had
confirmation of that when Mr.
Fitzgibbons of Famous Players,
speaking for the Industry, made
the selfsame point.

What is most important in times
of war for public information? It
is not information. There is no
end of information. It comes from
a million and one quarters, in
quantity and persistence and com-
vlexity enough to bewilder the
soul. No, what we are concerned
with primarily is helping the peo-
ple to a simple pattern of thought
and feeling; and here I am using
a phrase of Mr. Lippmann’s — a
simple pattern of thought and
feeling which will enable people
to take hold of the facts and give
them significance. And to give
people a pattern of thought and
feeling is essentially a dramatic
affair. It is, in fact, the normal
dramatic approach of the cinema,
which is the right and most potent
approach in times of war.

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rpeeae is one thing we do watch

however. We don’t overdo. it.
We have 13 issues a year on this

series, like March of Time, and
that for the present we think is
enough high pressure on war re-
portage initiated by the Govern-
ment. After all, there is a great
deal of other material coming in.
There are the news reels; there
are the war shorts of the Ameri-
can companies; and, not least,
there are the war shorts of March
of Time. There are the British
Ministry films like London Can
Take It and Target for Tonight.
We fill gaps wherever they may
be. For example, no French news-
reels come in nowadays for the
large French-speaking public in
Canada. So we supply them. But,
by and large, we say that’s enough
of war reportage and to give the
people any more would be to de-
feat our purpose. In this the Gov-
ernment and the Industry are
agreed. In fact, my most difficult
job is not to keep the Industry in
line but to explain to the various
departments, who are howling for
screen space, that it is thirteen
issues a year, one a month, and no
more. Fortunately, I have the
imaginative co-operation of a
Director of Iinformation who un-
derstands these things, and there
is a great deal of good sense in
the Departments themselves.

a * *

[- is all a matter of meeting the

Industry on its own essential
terms. The Industry, after all, has
a wide field in which we can genu-
inely operate, It is only a case of
studying news values so far as
the news reels are concerned,
interest value so far as shorts are
concerned, novelty value for the
specialties and inspiration value
wherever we can reasonably put

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it in. I am not saying that the
Film Industry isn’t sometimes a
little more conservative than som

of us would like to see it; but if,
like the man from Missouri, it
wants to be shown, it also is true
that it can be shown. The history
of our Industry over the past few
years is not without honor in the
realms of higher experiment.

* * *

| abe machinery today works as

follows: The Government’s film
interests are operated by a Board
called The National Film Board.
It is a separate department of the
Government which looks after the
film interests of all Departments.
That is to say, all departments are
required by statute ta use it as
their agency of production and
distribution, and it is the function

of the Board to plan from all their “

requirements a common policy, an
integrated production schedule,
and an integrated plan for distri-
bution. Over and above this work
for the Departments, the Board
is charged with the job of look-
ing after national as distinct from
departmental interests. That is to
say, it has a separate production
and distribution schedule of its
ow?, filling in the gaps the various
departments may have left, and
doing the sort of purely education-
al work the others are apt to for-
get.

* a *

N° member of the Film Industry

sits on the Board. On the
other hand, the Board has an ad-
visor in the industry on a dollar-
a-year basis. He is Mr. David Cop-
lan. It is his job to keep the
Commissioner informed on the
views of the Trade and in general
how the winds are blowing; tell-
ing the Commissioner, as he often
does, when the Government is
pressing too hard, or making mis-
takes from a professional point of
view, or where the Government
may use*an opportunity of co-
operating it has failed to appre-
ciate. This advisor keeps in touch
with the various committees on
the Industry and keeps the Board
informed of their findings and
wishes.

From the beginning of the war,
the Government has had the
wholehearted personal co-operation
of leaders of the Industry like Mr.
Nathanson and Mr. Fitzgibbons,
and the active help in production
and distribution of men like Mr.
Norrish of Associated Screen
News, Mr. Gottleib of Audio, and
Mr. Atkinson of General Films,
and Colonel John Cooper, who gov-
erns the machinery by which spe-
cial messages are sent out to the
theatres on a mass scale.

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A movie made in England will
, bring to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Beaty

bof Van Nuys, California, their first
ood glimpse, in more than two

years, of their Eagle Squadron son,
Guy Augustus Daymond. Pictures
which appeared on front pages
last summer, with a story credit-
ing to Daymond the Squadron’s
top score of Nazi fighters and
bombers, were hardly recognizable.

The news reached the Beatys
along with their son’s announce-
ment that he’ had been made
Flight Lieutenant in the RAF.

“They Flew Alone” is the pic-
ture in which Daymond and many
other American fliers of the RAF

will be seen. It stars Anna Neagle |

and Robert Newton as fliers Amy
Johnson Mollison and Jim Molli-
son. Directed’ by Herbert Wilcox
and produced in England, the film
will be released in this country
shortly by RKO Radio.

Daymond, whose real name is
Fred Beaty, Jr., was a Glendale,
California, high school boy. He
once tried to ‘‘crash’’ the movies
because his sister, Laurette, was
“stand-in” for various stars. At
the time Beaty made his film bow,
as part of British official aid in
filming “They Flew Alone,” the
sister had won a commercial pilot’s
license and will either ferry planes
for Uncle Sam, or become flight
instructor.

Norway's Story to
be Filmed

“The Edge of Darkness,” a novel
by William Woods that is to be
published by J. B. Lippincott, has
been purchased for filming. The
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of Norway and the continued re-
sistance being put up by patriotic
Norwegians in an underground
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ILL PAYNE, Granada,

Thomas, and his capable as-
sistant, Bill Cupples, came through
with a good campaign on “Keep
'Em Flying.” They had an advance
lobby display, neon stage letters,
a co-operative page in the local
daily, special front display, a large
paper aeroplane, 18 feet 1ORE over
the marquee.

A special display in the lobby
was a torpedo. The fact that the
Victory Loan people used the title
in their ads helped a lot, too.

K * be

RED THOMPSON, Rex, London,

used a PA system to play
songs from “Kiss the Boys Good-
bye”’ from the marquee. This is a
good idea for anybody. Fred uses
the usual methods in good mea-
sure. These, with the addition of
some unusual stunt, will perk up
most box-offices.

Let’s hear from you often, Fred.
We'd like to know what you’re
doing.

x ob +

wes PATTERSON, Opera

House, Orillia, had “Sun Valley
Serenade” and did a good selling
job of it. He tied the picture up
with local music stores and juke-
boxes. He sold the picture to high
school students through the
school paper. The kids love Glenn
Miller and you’d better not for-
get that when the picture comes
your way.

* *

MeRRAX SASLOFF, Ace, Tor-

onto, turned in a powerful
week’s take on another of his no-
velty programs. This time it was
a “Triplets Show.” He used pic-
tures with the Marx Brothers, The
Andrew Sisters, the Ritz Brothers
and the Three Stooges. He offered
free admission to any and all trip-
lets who presented themselves at
the box-office.

The idea attracted much atten-
tion. Both Roly Young of the
Globe and Mail and Jack Karr of
the Toronto Daily Star wrote about
ae
M2 JOLLEY, Columbia, St.

Thomas, got a grand tie-in
with Quaker Oats for “Dive Bom-
ber.” To begin with, they paid for
3,000 heralds to tell about it.

At the Saturday matinee all
kids turning in three box tops
were admitted for 10 cents in-
stead of the usual 12. Hach kid
got a gift of a miniature aero-
plane cockpit for training pilots.

In this manner he jammed the
theatre at no cost to himself. He
got many grocery windows be-
cause of the Quaker Oats connec-
tion,

Write to Mel for the details.

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ALPH TIEDE, Geneva, Orillia,

got a life-saver tie-in with
“Navy Blues’ and that company
had a girl give away samples and
copy on the street. On “It Started
With Eve’ Ralph handed out ap-
ples with copy attached to one pu-
pil in each classroom of the town’s
schools. The pupil was instructed
to present it to the teacher. He
also distributed valentines bearing
copy from house to house.

« * a

EITH WILSON, Tivoli, King-

ston, came through with a
bangup campaign for Foto Nite,
which opened last week at the
Tivoli and Grand theatres.

He had one full page in the
newspaper, a co-operative scheme
with local merchants, and a win-
dow display of photos and data
of people who had won money.
Keith put up a special panel front
filled with pictures of previous
winners. All his copy plugged the
line: ‘‘Too big for one theatre.”

According to Keith’s letter, busi-
ness was very good.

cd * *

OB MARTIN, in opening his

new Cinema theatre, Toronto,
got out 100 jumbo window cards
and sold ads to pay for a fine
souvenir booklet. There were 10,-
000 copies of the booklet; which
was distributed in the neighbor-
hood a few days in advance. He
had a reader in the Toronto Star
and a special opening ad.

Since I chanced his opening, I
want to say that it was a huge
success and that Robert looked
sweet enough to kiss in his double-
breasted soup and fish.

* sd =
OB BROWN, Vanity, Windsor,
has been running a Three V’s
contest. One of those who sent
him a letter was Rev. Paul Mar-
kovits, B.A., pastor of the Hunga-
rian Evangelical Lutheran Church
of Windsor and district. His con-

tribution is as follows:

Vitality—All your features pos-
sess that vitality which bring
many visitors to your theatre. The
pictures are worth seeing.

Vivacity—Lively pictures,
shows in town,

Vividity — The
show.

For “The Men in Her Life”
Bob sent out an Enquiring’ Photo-
grapher, who took snaps of folks
on the street and handed them
this card: “If you find your pic-
ture displayed in the lobby of the
Vanity, you get a free pass to see
Loretta Young in ‘The Men in Her
Life.’”” The card carried a plug
for Coulter’s camera supplies, who
supplied the film and developed
the pictures.

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Alfred Hitchcock will head for
New York and a month’s vacation
immediately upon completion of
his directorial stint on ‘‘Saboteur,”
which Frank Lloyd Productions is
making for Universal release. Rea-
son for the jaunt is to get his
first glimpse of his tweleve-year-
old daughter, Patricia, in the
Broadway production of “Soli-
taire,’”’ in which she is making her
professional acting debut.

* * oa

Damon Runyon, famous news-
paper columnist and short story
writer, visited the set of “Butch
Minds The Baby” at Universal
yesterday, and watched Director
Albert A. Rogell put Virginia
Bruce, Brod Crawford, Dick For-
an and sixty infants through a
scene. Runyon wrote the original
story from which the Mayfair
Productions’ screen version was
adapted, and during the visit, re-
wrote at Rogell’s request, a change
in the script to “fatten” up the
part of 13-month-old Harold Mich-
ael Barnitz who is reported to be
currently stealing every scene in
which he appears.

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Universal has assigned John
Mattison to stage dance routines,
and Seward Webb gets the assis-
tant director berth on “Broad-
way”, Bruce Manning Production,
which will on on shooting schedule
mext week with William A. Seiter
directing. George Raft and Brod
Crawford have been set in top
roles and testing is under way for
several important feminine parts.

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DRAMATICS...

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By Wiley Padan ‘as
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“TFEN-YEAR-OLD

DARRYL HICKMAN

(WHO RECENTLY WON ATTENTION
FOR HIS TOUGH BOY BOLE IN
"MEN OF BOYS TOWN") IS CAST

4 AS THE SON OF

NJOE SMITH, AMERICAN“. x

A DRAMATIC MGM FILM 2)

OF SECRET FOREIGN

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THIS IS HOPPITY,

the grassh« pper, the Bob Hope
of the cartoon world who makes
his film debut in Pararaount’s
animated Technicolored feature, on )
: WY & “Mr. Bug Goes to Town.” He’s —
UNCLE SAM... Hf) rH the “ero of tiny Bugyville,

YOU UP Ow. : just 45-inches from Broadway.

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Humhprey Bogart gives you the lowdown on the buildup. The Warners star is here shown giving Kaaren Verne, his co-

star in “All Through the Night,” a going-over. S

further steps.

tep one, two and three are shown. Local romeos please copy—and improvise any